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Julian Assange still not in the clear from prosecution or persecution

District Justice Vanessa Baraitser gave supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a surprise ...  
Compliance is a must: What we can learn about COVID-19 safety from Toronto

Australia's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is to be praised when compared to cities still ...  
Australia, China and the weaponising of trade

Australia seems hell-bent of damaging its economic security in the interests of being in the ...  
Trump and U.S. betray the people of Western Sahara

On December 10, President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. would recognise Morocco's claim to ...  
New European legislation aims to control digital platforms

Europe is taking the lead in digital market regulation with new proposed legislation designed to ...  
Assange case: The 'right decision for the wrong reason'

Why did a British judge reject the U.S. Government's attempt to extradite Assange, despite ...  
Australian sovereignty: The long and short of it

Projections on Australia’s future are bleak if it maintains its hostility to China and cloying ...  
#1 TOP IA STORY OF 2020: America could be heading towards a second civil war

In the lead up to the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election, mass violence after the polls closed looked ...  
Investigation
#8 TOP IA STORY OF 2020: How your donated clothes end up in Fijian superstores

When you fill those pink bags in your letterbox with clothes, where do they end up? This August ...  
#9 TOP STORY OF 2020: World’s largest economy in free fall

Star IA reporter Alan Austin collects his second top 10 article of 2020, with this June piece ...  
#10 TOP IA STORY OF 2020: The new coronavirus threat to the world is the USA

COVID-19 had the biggest impact on the world in 2020 and, as the virus struck the USA with force ...  
The COVID-19 vaccine and the perils of political advertising

Politicians are poorly positioned to encourage us to get the COVID-19 vaccine, writes Dr Binoy ...  
How Australia can learn from Scandinavian countries

It's interesting to compare the major economic models in the Western world: the Anglo-Saxon ...  
Donald Trump: A great man of history or a Wizard of Oz

U.S. President Donald Trump used his abilities as a conman to win over the public and key polit ...  
Australia must forge an independent foreign policy

Racism, fear and lack of moral courage sees Australia tied to a declining America.   
Australia caught in the middle of a diplomatic stoush

As 2020 becomes 2021, one thing remains ominously certain: the Australia-U.S. alliance will ...  
Joe Biden confirmed: Time to see what Trump will do

The sign-up of voter representatives in the Electoral College has made the win by Joe Biden more ...  
Selling Australia's offshore detention regime to the world

The term “offshore processing” suggests something industrial, mechanistic.   

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